Thirty Journalists Reported To Be Held Hostage By Afghans

Guardian UK ^ | 10/22/2001

[Merovingian]

Thirty foreign journalists are reportedly being held hostage by Afghan tribesmen.

Reports say they entered the country and crossed over to Taliban lines where they were captured north of Kabul.

The group is believed to include British reporters.

The unconfirmed report comes from the Pakistan Observer. The Foreign Office says it has no reports of any British nationals missing in Afghanistan.

The group secretly entered Afghanistan from Uzbekistan to cover the military action by the US, the paper says.

It says they were captured by the tribesmen at Ostana village.

It says the journalists are from India, US, Britain, Germany, Russia, Bulgaria, France and West Asia.

The tribesmen are demanding one thousand dollars as ransom to release them.

A large number of journalists are covering the war from areas controlled by the Northern Alliance.

[Merovingian]

FYI

[Republic of Texas]

Tough luck.

[Merovingian]

Sorry, title should be: Thirty Journalists Reported To Be Held Hostage By Afghans

[Tennessee_Bob]

Only thirty journalists? Well, it's a start. How do we send them more?

[CatoRenasci]

I suppose it's a twist on the old lawyer joke now:

What do you call 30 journalists captured by the Taliban?
A good start!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Casualties of war. Too bad, so sad. If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.

[MizSterious]

And, can we issue press passes to Bill, Hillary, Janet Reno, and all their smarmy supporters? Or would that be considered germ warfare?

[TheOtherOne]

If there are any Brits, I am sorry.

But, not 1 American life should be put at risk to help these 'reporters'

[TLBSHOW]

cnn?

[wideawake]

$33 per journalist? That's pretty steep.

If they're going to make unrealistically high demands like that, we know they're not serious about returning them. Somehow, we'll manage, just the same.

[Merovingian]

LOL So far we have a concensus!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

And this is supposed to deter us from something we are planning to do? Talk about a gross miscalculation!

[ChinaThreat]

Lets give them $1000 a piece tainted with Anthrax!!!!

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

How do we send them more?

LOL !!! I only wish that Peter Arnett was amongst them.

[Galtoid]

Please, oh please let one of them be Christine Amanpour!

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

demanding one thousand dollars as ransom to release them.

They'll have to lower their asking price. This will be this group of Afghanis first lesson in market economics and supply and demand. Would they accept $1500 to keep them?

[Senator Pardek]

The tribesmen are demanding one thousand dollars as ransom to release them.

"Gentlemen, it's come to my attention that a break away Russian republic, Kraplacistan, is about to transfer a nuclear warhead to the United Nations in a few days. Here's the plan, we get the warhead and we hold the world ransom for, one million dollars."

[TomGuy]

Film at 11:00?

Ransom? Nah, we'll pay YOU $2000 to keep them.

[callisto]

You've got the right idea....Anyway we can talk them into letting CNN move from Atlanta to Kabul?

[Merovingian]

THANKS! Didn't know you could go back and fix my error in title!